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Moscow 2016
Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
A Search for Harmony — Human Rights and Personal Dignity
Selected addresses by
Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE
Moscow 2016
CONTENTS
Foreword by the publishers 9
1987
A common approach to Church unity and the renewal of mankind (Paper given at the 1st International Theological Seminar “Toward a Theology of the World”. Budapest. December 14-18. 1987) 12
1999
The contemporary environment: Liberalism,traditionalism and the moral values of a uniting Europe (Article in “Nezavisimaya Gazeta”. May 26, 1999) 27
2000
Religious faith as the source of social norms. Correlatingtraditional and liberal values in individual and societal choices (Address to the Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church “Orthodox Theology at theTurn of the Third Millennium”, Moscow, February 7-9, 2000) 36
2002
Human diversity and global integration (Address to the opening session of the European Councilof Religious Leaders, Oslo, November 11-12, 2002) 55
2004
Liberal ideology: a threat to peace and freedom(Published in “Tserkovny Vestnik”, No. 1-2 (278-279),January 2004) 61
2005
God’s plan for man and free will (Address to the International Theological Conference “Eschatological Teachingof the Church”, Moscow, November 14, 2005) 68
No freedom without moral responsibility (From a meeting with journalists from the “Literaturnaya Gazeta”, published in no. 45-46, November 2-8 2005) 80
2006
Human rights and moral responsibility (Address to the 10th World Russian People’s Council ‘Faith, Man, Land: Russia’s mission in the twenty-first century’, Moscow, April 4, 2006) 87
The Russian Orthodox Church and the Christian dimensionof the problem of human rights and freedoms (Article published in the newspaper ‘Izvestia’, April 4, 2006) 100
‘Giving a Soul to Europe’ (Opening address to an internationalconference ‘Giving a Soul to Europe — Mission and Responsibilityof the Churches’, Vienna, May 3-5, 2006) 104
Human rights and their moral foundationsin European religious communities (Presentation at the seminar ‘The Evolution of Moral Values and Human Rights in Multicultural Society’, Strasbourg, October 30, 2006) 110
The value of the human being as the bearerof the Image of God and his dignity (Address to the seminar ‘Faithfulness to Traditional Christian Values and Freedom of Conscience’, Moscow, December 20, 2006) 119
2007
Human rights and religious principles (Address to the regional meeting of the representatives of Christian churchesand communities of the CIS countries and the Baltic States preparatoryto the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly ‘Modern Europe: God, Man and Society.Human Rights and Moral Determination’,Moscow, February 27, 2007) 123
Inter-Civilizational Dialogue (Address to the seminar ‘Dialogue between Cultures and Civilizations:a Bridge between Human Rights and Moral Values’, Paris, March 13-14, 2007) 127
Inter-relationship of human rights and religious and cultural traditions (Address to the conference Human Rights and National Identity’, Moscow, April 18, 2007) 135
Human rights and intercultural dialogue (Speaking at a panel discussion ‘Human Rights and Intercultural Dialogue’at the 7th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, March 18, 2008) 140
The Russian Orthodox Church’s basic teaching on human dignity,freedom and rights (Report to the Council of Bishops of the Russian OrthodoxChurch, Moscow, June 26, 2008) 146
2009
Dangers of modern theology (From an address at the Kiev Pecherski Lavra to the bishops, clergy, monastics,laity, teachers and students of the Kiev Theological Academy, Kiev, July 29, 2009) 172
Freedom and moral sense - destruction of their inter-relationship (From the speech at the Jubilee Event marking the 200th anniversaryof St. Petersburg Theological Academy, St. Petersburg, October 9, 2009) 178
2010
The Russian Church and European culture (Article in the magazine ‘Expert’, 2010. No. 4/690) 181
Protecting dignity freedom and human rights. (Message at a meeting with the Chairman of the Parliamentary Assemblyof the Council of Europe, Moscow, October 13, 2010) 191
2011
Problems of today’s world (From the speech at the meeting with the members of the Global LeadershipGroup of the Davos World Economic Forum in Davos, Moscow, March 12, 2011) 194
Living according to conscience and truth(From the address at the Easter reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairsof Russia, Moscow, April 28, 2011) 201
Human rights and traditional values in Europe (Address at the meeting of the European Council of Religious Leaders “Human Rights and Traditional Values in Europe”, Moscow, June 21, 2011) 204
The crisis of contemporary secular morality(From an address to teaching staff and studentsof Balamand University (Lebanon), November 16, 2011) 211
2012
Spirituality, morality, law(From the speech at the round-table conference ‘Spirituality, Morality, Law’ at MoscowUniversity of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Moscow, March 28, 2012) 215
Maintaining spiritual and moral purpose (From the speech at the 4th Congress of Leadersof World and Traditional Religions, Astana, May 30, 2012) 218
